Fastener for the meeting-rails of sashes



(No Model.)

. E. L. KING. FASTENER FOR THE MEETING RAILS OF SASHES. No. 481,669,.Patented Aug. 30, 1892.

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EDWIN L. KING, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

FASTENER FOR THE MEETING-RAILS OF SASHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,669, dated August30, 1892.

Application filed May 6, 1891. Serial No. 391,789. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. KING, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Sash-Fastener, of whichthe followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sash-fasteners; and theobjects in view are to provide a cheap and simple device adapted to beapplied to the meeting-rails of upper and lower sashes and to lock thesame together against movement and in such a manner as to draw themsnugly together and prevent them rattling against each other.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a fastenerconstructed in accordance with my invention, the same being applied tothe meeting-rails of two sashes. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section abovethe locking hook or lever. Fig. 3 is a plan, the rails being unlocked.Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 designates the meeting-rail of the lower sash, and 2 the correspondingmeeting-rail of the upper sash. Upon the meeting-rail 1 there is securedby means of screws 3 a plate 4, provided near its front edge with aperforation 5. At one side of its center a stud 6 mounted for pivotalmovement a lever '7'.

The rear end of the lever 7 is provided with a perforated head 8, inwhich is mounted for loose reciprocation a bolt 9, terminating at itsupper end in a head 10. The bolt 9 is longer than the head 8, and whenthe lever is in a locking position the bolt is opposite the perforation5 of the plate. At the opposite side of the stud 6 the lever is bent toform a cam-hook 10, which when said lever is in a locked position isdesigned to overlap the meeting-rail 2.

11 designates a securing-plate mounted upon the meeting-rail 2 andsecured in position by means of screws 12. From the front edge of theplate there rises a cylindrical stud 13, which is strengthened by meansof the metal of the plate at the rear end of thesame extending up to therear of and forming a guard 14 integral with said stud andplate. Thecam-face of the lever 7 is eccentric with relation to the stud, so thatwhen the lever is swung to a locked position said face acts upon thestud so as to draw the latter toward lts pivot 6.

The above being the construction the op eration of the device may bebriefly stated as follows: The two sashes being closed so as to bringtheir meeting-rails in alignment, it is simply necessary to graspthehead 10 of the bolt of the lever and swing the lever toward thecenter of the plate 4 and until the bolt engages with the perforation 5.WVhen swung to this position, the cam-faced hook of the lever engageswith and binds upon the cylindrical stud 12, whereby the two rails aredrawn snugly together and the sashes prevented from rattling againsteach other. It will be obvious that in this manner an eff cient lock isformed, and that any accidental disconnection of the parts is preventedby the bolt 9 engaging with the perforation 5, it being necessary inorder to unlock the lever to first withdraw the bolt from engagementwith the perforation. The lower end of the bolt is provided with a head6 to prevept 1t from being accidentally disengaged from the lever. Thishead 6 is designed to fit snugly in the perforation 5, and being roundedupon its un der side it will readily slide over the plate as the leveris moved and drop into the perforation when it reaches alignmenttherewith. The guard 14: prevents the displacement of the locking-studby a lateral strain, such as is exerted by the operation in contacttherewith of the cam-faced hook. It will be noted that I employ a leverof the first class, pivoted at an intermediate point as being the mostconvenient and effective in this construction, inasmuch as it has twofree ends, one to bear the hook or locking device and the other to bearthe bolt or retaining device.

Having described my invention, what I claim is As an improved article ofmanufacture, a sash-fastener for attachment to the meetingrails ofsashes, the same comprising a plate 4, adapted to be secured to themeetingrail of the lower sash and provided with a perforation 5 and apivot-stud 6, a plate 11, bent upwardly upon itself at its rear edge toform a guard 14 and provided with a locking-stud 13, the locking-lever7,fu1crumed at an internedlate point upon the stud 6, said lever belngprovided at its front end with a cam-faced hook 10 to engage thelocking-stud and atits rear end with a vertically-perforated head 8, andthe gravity-bolt 9, mounted in the perforation of head 8 and providedwith a flattened head 6 on its lower end to engage the perforation 5 inplate 4 when the hook is in engagement with the locking-stud, and a head10 on its upper end,a11 constructed and combined substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN L. KING. W'itnesses:

J. 0. REYNOLDS, GEO. B. CAMPBELL.

